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Nepal: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has announced the roster for the highly anticipated Asia Cup 2023. The Asia Cup 2023 will be held in a hybrid format in Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Team Nepal will be represented by a seventeen-man squad led by Rohit Paudel in the country’s first Asia Cup appearance.
Shyam Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, and Arjun Saud have all been named to the squad. Surya Tamang and Dev Khanal, however, were left out of the 17-man team.
Nepal will fly to Pakistan sooner than planned to train for the Asia Cup. The Nepalese team will arrive in Pakistan on August 22, two days ahead of schedule.They will train in Karachi from the 22nd to the 26th of August.
The Nepali Team will fly to Multan on August 27 after a practice in Karachi. They will face Pakistan in the first match of the Asia Cup 2023 on August 30. The teams will then proceed to Sri Lanka to play a match versus India.
On September 4, Nepali Team will meet India in Kandy. Meanwhile, the much-anticipated India-Pakistan match is scheduled for September 2.
The 13-match competition will feature Nepal, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. Group A includes Pakistan, Nepal, and India, while Group B includes Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
Nepal’s team consists of Rohit Paudel (captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Shyam Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, and Arjun
